Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament: Studies Commemorating the Centennial of the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 143)

Since a number of scholars at the Pontifical Biblical Institute have made important contributions to the study of the New Testament in the context of the Greco-Roman world, it seemed appropriate to devote this volume commemorating the centennial of the Biblicum (1909-2009) to that subject. This book contains nine essays by scholars from Europe, the United States, Australia and Jerusalem, each exploring the ways in which aspects of the New Testament can be illuminated by recourse to Greco-Roman texts. "Since a number of scholars at the Pontifical Biblical Institute have made important contributions to the study of the New Testament in the context of the Greco-Roman world, it seemed appropriate to devote this volume commemorating the centennial of the Institute (1909-2009) to that subject. This book contains nine essays by scholars from Europe, the United States, Australia and Israel, each exploring the ways in which aspects of the New Testament can be iilluminated by recourse to Greco-Roman texts."--Back cover Focusing on a strength of the faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, this volume is a collection of nine essays by an international group of scholars who have used texts from the Greco-Roman world to illuminate various aspects of the New Testament. "This book contains nine essays by scholars from Europe, the United States, Australia and Israel, each exploring the ways in which aspects of the New Testament can be illuminated by recourse to Greco-Roman texts"--P. [4] of cover.